Jonah Takes to the Sea (1:1-10)

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The Book of ExodusTransitions
Chapters 1-4 Gods Preparation of Israel
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Announcements

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Prayer List

• Announcements

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Exodus
Week Date Topic
1 10 Mar 10 Exodus Transitions An Introduction
2 17 Mar 10 Gods Preparation of Israel Exodus 1-4
3 24 Mar 10 Gods Sovereignty Exodus 5-11
4 31 Mar 10 Gods Redemption Exodus 121-1316
5 07 Apr10 Gods Completion Exodus 1317-1521
6 14 Apr 10 Gods Instructions to Israel Exodus 1522-1827
7 21 Apr 10 Mosaic Covenant Exodus 191-2411
8 28 Apr 10 Dwelling Among His People Exodus 2412-3118
9 05 May 10 Breaking/Renewing the Covenant Exodus 32-34
10 12 May 10 Senior Blessing Night No classes
11 19 May 10 Israels Worship Exodus 35-40
12 26 May 10 New Testament Implications
13 02 Jun 10 Exodus Transitions A Summary
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Todays Objectives

• Review key points of Exodus
• Review the timeline of Exodus
• Review a map of Moses birth and travels
• Learn about the Pharaohs of Moses time
• Learn about the Israelites bondage in Egypt
• Learn the circumstances of Moses' birth and
  family life
• Learn why Moses' flees to Midian and what happens
  while he is in Midian
• Learn about Moses' commission from God and his
  reaction to it

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Last week

• Provided a review of last weeks lesson
• Text

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Key Points of Exodus

• Gods grace towards His people
• Delivery from the bonds of slavery
• Deliverance to the freedom of a covenant
  relationship and fellowship with him
• No other biblical book surfaces elsewhere in the
  OT as frequently as the Book of Exodus does in
  the NT only the Books of Psalms and Isaiah are
  cited more
• Acts 7 is a key companion to Exodus and a quick
  read

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Timeline

• Moses lived from approximately 1525-1405 BC
• Completed writing of Exodus after 1445 BC
• Exodus covers approximately 431 years of history
• Arrival of Jacob and his family in Egypt to the
  construction of the Tabernacle in Sinai in 1445
  BC
• Israelites lived in Egypt for 430 years (Gen
  1240)
• Time of oppression was 400 years (Gen 1513)
• Transition time in Egypt
• Egyptians had expelled the Hyskos rulers of the
  time
• Egyptians formed a world power of which there was
  no match

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Rulers of Egypt in Exodus 1-4

• Ahmose I (1570-1548 BC)
• Founder of the New Kingdom after the expulsion of
  the Hyksos rulers, consolidated borders
• Initiated temple building projects
• Amenhotep (1548-1528)
• Thutmose I (1528-1518 BC)
• Meaning Born of Thoth
• Thoth the Egyptian god of wisdom
• Moses early childhood
• Therefore Moses would be Egyptian Born of and
  Mu meaning water

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Rulers of Egypt in Exodus 1-4

• Thutmose II (1518-1504)
• Moses from about age 8 until 21
• Thutmose III (1504-1450)
• Queen Hatshepsut (1498-1483, co-regency)
• He created the largest empire Egypt had ever seen
• Moses kills Egyptian identifies with his
  brethren (Heb. 1124-26) then leaves Egypt (1486
  BC, Ex 211-15)
• Moses dwells in Midian 40 years (Acts 730)
• Notes
• Archaeologists give us great detail on the
  Pharaohs of Moses time
• Mummies have been found for each of the Pharaohs

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Ahmose I
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Thutmose I and II
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Hatshepsut
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Thutmose III
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Thutmose III Wrapped Mummy
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Thutmose III Burial Chamber
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Thutmose III Burial Chamber
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Thutmose III Unwrapped Mummy
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Chapter 1-4 Outline

• Growth of Jacobs Family (11-7)
• Israelites bondage in Egypt (18-22)
• Moses' birth and education (21-10)
• Moses' flees Midian (211-15)
• Moses' life in Midian (216-25)
• Moses' commission from God (31418)
• Moses' return to Egypt (419-31)

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Growth of Jacobs Family (11-7)

• Introduction to the Israelites that traveled to
  Egypt with Jacob (Israel)
• 70 traveled with him
• Joseph was already in Egypt, why?
• He had been sold to Midian traders
• Joseph and his generation had died
• Israelites continued to multiply, filling the
  land of Egypt
• 360 years pass between Genesis and Exodus

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Israelites Bondage in Egypt (18-22)

• New king did not know the story of Joseph
• Probably a series of Pharaohs, but Ahmose was a
  key figure and he re-established native Egyptian
  rule
• Also, Thutmose I
• Fearing the growth of the Israelite people,
  wanted to make sure that a foreign population did
  not cause future trouble three part plan (v.
  10)
• Greater oppression upon the enslaved Israelites
  (v. 12)
• Midwives to kill all the male Hebrew babies (v.
  16)
• Throw all male Hebrew babies into the Nile river
  (v. 22)
• Remember the importance of the Nile river
  worshipped it

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Moses' Birth and Education (21-10)

• Amram and Jochebed of the Levi tribe give birth
  to Moses (v. 2 and 620)
• During the time of the Pharaohs command to throw
  all new-born male Hebrew babies into the Nile
• They hide Moses, Josephus states God spoke to
  Amram
• Later placed him in a basket an put him in the
  river
• Ultimately, Pharaoh Thutmose I daughter finds the
  baby, possibly Hatshepsut, who would later be
  co-regent
• Identifies him as one of the Hebrew babies
• Ironically returns the baby to Jochebed (v. 8)
  who raised him for some period of time (likely
  through infancy)
• Child is returned to Pharaohs daughter, named
  Moses

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Moses' Flees To Midian (211-15)

• Moses is approaching age 40 (Acts 723)
• Takes a stand for the Hebrew nation
• Egyptian is beating a Hebrew, Moses kills the
  Egyptian
• Pharaoh Thutmose III (likely) finds out and tries
  to have Moses kille
• Moses flees to Midian
• Notes on the Midians
• Joseph is sold by his brothers to Midianites
• Midian was where Moses spent the forty years in
  exile
• Moses daughter of Jethro, the priest of Midian
• God instructs Moses to destroy Midian

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Moses' Life in Midian (216-25)

• Moses travels to Midian
• Meets the seven daughters of the priest at a well
• Rescues them from a group of shepherds
• The girls tell their father, Reuel (Jethro), the
  story
• Reuel asks Moses to stay after hearing the story
• Moses agrees, remains 40 years (Acts 730)
• His daughter Zipporah marries Moses
• Gives birth to a son named Gershom (alien in the
  land)
• Pharaoh Thutmose III (likely) dies
• Israelites are undergoing extreme oppression and
  cry out to God for help, God hears them

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Moses' Commission from God (31418)

• Angel of the Lord appears to Moses within a bush
• The bush is on fire, Moses goes to see the
  strange sight
• God calls out to Moses (v. 34)
• God wants to rescue the Israelites (38)
• To a good and spacious land, flowing with milk
  and honey
• Bring them to the land of the Caanites, Hittites
• God directs Moses to rescue them and carry them
  to the new land
• Moses doubts his ability to accomplish the
  mission (v. 311)

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Moses' Commission from God (31418)

• God reminds Moses that He will be with him
• God states that when the Israelites ask who He
  is, tell them I am who I am what does this
  mean?
• God will reveal Himself through His actions
• God gives further instructions to Moses
• Specially what to say (v. 16-17)
• Whom to say it to, Elders (v. 16)
• Results, they will listen (v. 18)
• Take the Elders to the king of Egypt and tell the
  Pharaoh (Amenhotep II) to let the Israelites go
  (v. 18)
• But the Pharaoh will not let them go (v. 19)

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Moses' Commission from God (31418)

• Pharaoh Amenotep II will likely not let them go
• However, God will compel him through actions
• Moses still doubts, God gives him signs of His
  power
• A staff forms into a snake (v. 3)
• Moses hand becomes leprous (v. 6)
• Nile water will turn into blood on the ground (v.
  8)
• Then Moses expresses his ability to speak (v. 10)
• God becomes angry with Moses (v. 14)
• Gives him Aaron to speak for him (v. 16)

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Moses' return to Egypt (419-31)

• God tells Moses that all the men in Egypt who
  wanted to kill Moses are dead
• Moses travels back to Egypt
• God instructs him to perform all the miracles in
  front of Pharaoh Amenhotep II
• God will harden Pharaoh Amenhotep IIs heart to
  the point that God will kill his first-born son
  since he refused to let Gods first-born son go
  (Israel) (v. 23)
• Evidently God was going to kill Moses for
  failure to circumcise his son, but Zipporah did
  it for him
• Moses and Aaron meet with Elders and share what
  God had told him (v. 29-31)

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Review

• Reviewed key points of Exodus
• Reviewed the timeline of Exodus
• Reviewed a map of Moses birth and travels
• Learned about the Pharaohs of Moses time
• Learned about the Israelites bondage in Egypt
• Learned the circumstances of Moses' birth and
  family life
• Learned that Moses flees to Midian after Pharaoh
  learned he had killed an Egyptian
• Moses marries while in Midian and receives his
  commission to free the Israelites from bondage
• Next week Gods Sovereignty Exodus 5-11